birth-control pill

[ burth-kuhn-trohl ]

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noun

an oral contraceptive for women, containing the hormones estrogen and progesterone or progesterone alone, that inhibits ovulation, fertilization, or implantation of a fertilized ovum, causing temporary infertility.

First recorded in 1955–60

But what if vasectomies were cheap, non-invasive, fully reversible, and as widespread as the female birth control pill?

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the birth control pill.

Not to mention the 80 percent of women in America who have had sex and used the birth control pill.

Since January, 567 students received Plan B and 580 students received the birth control pill Reclipsen through the program.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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